It was undoubtedly a frustrating year for Bridge, who was named to the Football League Championship Team of the Year last season with Brighton after making 42 starts before signed with Reading this summer. But he couldn't shake an injury this year, unfortunately.

In his career, Bridge has played for Southampton, Chelsea, Manchester City, West Ham, Sunderland, Fulham, Brighton and briefly with Reading this year. He also made 36 appearances with the English national team.

Despite being an excellent player in his time, Bridge is perhaps most famously remembered for not shaking John Terry's hand in a 2010 match between Chelsea and Manchester City. Reports at the time had surfaced that Terry had an affair with Vanessa Perroncel immediately after she and Bridge split.

It remains to be seen how many years of quality football Bridge would have had in the tank were it not for this injury, though given his performance last year, he probably had a few more quality seasons in the tank.

It will be interesting to see now if Bridge will remain in the game in some facet, or if he will move on from football altogether. His many years in the game brought him many highs and many lows, that much is for certain.